Thomas Baker (Arundel MP) explained

Thomas Baker (died 1625), of Whittingham Hall in Fressingfield, Suffolk and Leyton, Essex, was an English politician.

Early life

Baker was the son of Sir Richard Baker (d. 1594), MP for Lancaster, Horsham, New Shoreham and New Romney, and his first wife, Katherine Tyrrell, the daughter of Sir John Tirrell and stepdaughter of Sir William Petre.

His father was the eldest son of Sir John Baker, Chancellor of the Exchequer and, his second wife, Elizabeth Dineley. His paternal uncle was John, and one of his aunts, Cecily Baker, was the wife of Thomas Sackville, Lord Buckhurst.^[1]

Career

He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Arundel in 1601.^[2]

Personal life

He married Constance Kingsmill, a daughter of William Kingsmill.^[3]

Notes and References

1. http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/baker-john-i-1489-1558 Baker, John I (c.1489-1558), of London and Sissinghurst, Kent, History of Parliament
2. Web site: BAKER, Thomas (d.1625), of Whittingham Hall, Suff. and Leyton, Essex. - History of Parliament Online. www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
3. Bernard Burke, Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry, vol. 1 (London, 1868), p. 52.